Museum of Modern Art Ibaraki

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The Museum of Modern Art Ibaraki ( Jap. 茨城県近代美術館 , Ibaraki-ken Kindai Bijutsukan ) is the Museum of Modern Art of Ibaraki prefecture in the Japanese city of Mito .

description

The museum is located in the city center on the south bank of Lake Senba. It was designed according to plans by the architect Junzō Yoshimura and opened in 1988 surrounded by a small green area. With its green roof and brown granite facade, the building refers to traditional Japanese architecture.

One of the main focuses of the collection is on regional artists. In addition, works by other Japanese artists of the 19th and 20th centuries are shown. Among the represented in the museum artists include tsuguharu foujita , Heihachiro Fukuda , Taikan Yokoyama , Yukihiko Yasuda , Tetsugoro Yorozu , Seihō Takeuchi , Kanzan Shimomura , Kenzo Okada , Yasuo Kuniyoshi , Kiyokata Kaburagi , Kokai Kobayashi , Gyoshū Hayami , Hishida Shunsō , Gaho Hashimoto and Shiko Imamura .

As a further collection area, the museum has a section for Western art. Here you will find mainly works by French artists such as Gustave Courbet , Eugène Carrière , Camille Pissarro and Alfred Sisley . The works on display include, for example, the paintings Chrysanthèmes by Édouard Manet , Grotte de Port-Domois by Claude Monet and Portrait de Mademoiselle Francois by Pierre-Auguste Renoir .

  • Édouard Manet:
    Chrysanthèmes

  • Claude Monet:
    Grotte de Port-Domois

  • Pierre-Auguste Renoir:
    Portrait de Mademoiselle Francois

In addition to the permanent collection, the museum has temporary exhibitions of both Japanese and Western art. In 1994 there was an exhibition on Fernand Léger , in 2001 a show with masterpieces from the Flemish Golden Age and in 2002 an overview of German Expressionism . In 2010 the museum devoted another exhibition to Belgian painting from Ensor to Magritte .

literature

  • Museum of Modern Art (Ed.): The Museum of Modern Art, Ibaraki , Museum Catalog, Mito 1995. (Text in English and Japanese)

Web links

Commons : Museum of Modern Art, Ibaraki  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The English-language name is also used in German literature. See Peter Pörtner: Japan, Art Travel Guide , p. 278

Coordinates: 36 ° 22 ′ 4.1 ″  N , 140 ° 27 ′ 55.4 ″  E